Star-RCXT is in use by more than 40 leading semiconductor companies at 45-nm and on more than 140 tapeouts at 16 foundries, according to Synopsys.

"Synopsys took a unique approach with StarRC Custom by focusing not only on extraction runtime and accuracy, but also on optimizing the extraction data to improve overall transistor-level simulation throughput," said Robert Hoogenstryd, director of marketing for design analysis and signoff at Synopsys.

The tool includes optimized links with Synopsys' CustomSim circuit simulator which can boost simulation runtime by up to 10X while preserving signoff accuracy, according to Hoogenstryd.

StarRC Custom is seamlessly integrated with Synopsys' Galaxy Custom Designer tools and provides the foundation of an expanded Synopsys extraction tools suite, which includes StarRC and StarRC Ultra, according to Synopsys.